New Year's Day 2020, 2021 and onwards

New Year's Day in the UK is on January 1 each year. The first day of the New Year according to the Gregorian calendar is celebrated on this day. New Year’s Day is one of the UK's nationwide statutory holidays. If January 1 is a Sunday Monday January 2 is considered to be an official holiday.

The celebrations for New Year’s Day actually start on New Year’s Eve when people come together and remember the past year and prepare for the countdown to the New Year. At 12 o clock midnight bottles of Champaign are popped to toast on the New Year, fireworks are lit, people sing “Auld Lang Syne” and hug and kiss to wish each other a Happy New Year. See below the dates of New Year’s Day in the UK for 2014 and onwards.